Japanese general election, 1979

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Japanese general election, 1979
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  1976 7 October 1979 1980  

All 511 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
256 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
  Masayoshi Ohira at Andrews AFB 1 Jan 1980 walking cropped 2.jpg
Leader Masayoshi Ōhira Ichio Asukata Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Komeito
Last election 260 seats, 43.2% 124 seats, 21.9% 55 seats, 10.9%
Seats won248 107 57
Seat changeDecrease2.svg12Decrease2.svg17Increase2.svg2
Popular vote24,084,130 10,643,450 5,282,682
Percentage44.59% 19.71% 9.78%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.4%Decrease2.svg2.2%Decrease2.svg1.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Nosaka Sanzo.jpg Blanksvg.svg Yohei Kono cropped.jpg
Leader Sanzō Nosaka Sasaki Ryōsaku Yōhei Kōno
Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal
Last election 17 seats, 10.4% 29 seats, 6.3% 17 seats, 4.2%
Seats won 39 35 4
Seat changeIncrease2.svg22Increase2.svg6Decrease2.svg13
Popular vote 5,878,192 3,663,691 1,631,811
Percentage 10.4% 6.78% 3.02%
SwingSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg0.5%Decrease2.svg1.2%

  Seventh party
  Blanksvg.svg
Leader Hideo Den
Party Socialist Democratic
Last electionNew
Seats won 2
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2
Popular vote 368,660
Percentage 0.68%
SwingN/A

Prime Minister before election

Masayoshi Ōhira
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister-designate

Masayoshi Ōhira
Liberal Democratic

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Results of the 1979 general election in Japan for the House of Representatives. A total of 511 seats were contested:

House of Representatives (Japan) lower house of Japan

The House of Representatives is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors is the upper house.

e    d  Summary of the 7 October 1979 Japanese House of Representatives election results [1] [2]
Parties Candidates Votes [3] % Seats +/-
(last gen. election)
   Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 322 24,084,130 44.59% 248 Decrease2.svg1
   Japanese Socialist Party (JSP) 157 10,643,450 19.71% 107 Decrease2.svg16
   Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 128 5,625,527 10.42% 39 Increase2.svg22
   Justice Party 64 5,282,682 9.78% 57 Increase2.svg2
Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) 53 3,663,691 6.78% 35 Increase2.svg6
New Liberal Club (NLC) 31 1,631,811 3.02% 4 Decrease2.svg13
Social Democratic Federation (SDF) 7 368,660 0.68% 2 (Increase2.svg2)
Center-left opposition 155 10,946,847 20.25% 98 Decrease2.svg3
  Others 33 69,101 0.13% 0 Steady2.svg0
  Independents 96 2,641,064 4.89% 19 Decrease2.svg2
Totals (Turnout 68.0%, incl. invalid votes) 891 54,010,120 100.00% 511 Steady2.svg0
Vote share
LDP
44.59%
JSP
19.71%
JCP
10.42%
KP
9.78%
DSP
6.78%
NLC
3.02%
SDF
0.68%
Independents
4.89%
Others
0.13%
Parliament seats
LDP
48.53%
JSP
20.94%
KP
11.15%
JCP
7.63%
DSP
6.85%
NLC
0.78%
SDF
0.39%
Independents
3.72%

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References

  1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Statistics Department, Long-term statistics, chapter 27: Public servants and elections, sections 27-7 to 27-10 Elections for the House of Representatives
  2. Interparliamentary Union (IPU): 1979 and 1980 Shūgiin elections
  3. Decimals from fractional votes (anbunhyō) rounded to full numbers